My colleague Rick Shapiro posted an article discussing the increase in railroad worker death rates in 2008, compared to 2007. The Federal Railroad Administration maintains statistics from all Class One and other short line railroads. The statistics are in for calendar year 2008 and they showed that there were 11,144 railroad accidents/incidents in 2008 for…
After the recent national salmonella outbreak due to peanut products, North Carolina peanut farmers and producers are looking at a year of tough times ahead.
South Carolina lawmakers are proposing a bill which would further limit the workers compensation rights of illegal foreign workers. The law raises several varied issues about workers’ rights and worker safety.
After a boat capsized in near Murrells Inlet on the Waccamaw River, six people were thrown overboard and three drowned. An infant remains in critical condition days after the boat accident.
A proposed bill in the Virginia government would extend workers compensation benefits to those injured on the job who do not remember the event and who do not have witnesses to saw the event.